Driver Killed In Car Crash

FORT LAUDERDALE — A man was killed a few blocks from his home Wednesday when his car slammed head-on into a tree in a Federal Highway median strip, police said.

James Whitco, 33, of the 1200 block of Northeast 11th Avenue was apparently heading home when he failed to negotiate a curve in the 900 block of North Federal Highway, police said.

Whitco`s northbound 1982 Toyota went onto the median strip across from the Sears Town shopping center and hit an olive tree head-on, killing him instantly, according to accident investigator Shawn McGrew.